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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: skift #156441 03/04/06 07:40 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York That would be the "onshore" price? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156442 03/04/06 09:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass skift (American style) n. (also skiff) dialect : something that is light: as a) a light fall of snow or rain b) wisp <skift of snow - Mencken> n. var. of skiff, as in a small boat Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156443 03/04/06 10:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory There once was a young man named Joe Who said, on the subject of snow, "I'll jump into this drift" But it was only a skift And he was buried right up to his toe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156444 03/04/06 11:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Alex, that was cute! Ok: a skiff sort of skims across the water, does it not, or at least that's the impression I have. Therefore-- skiff-->skift = a skimming of snow, for ex.? That is, what I'm trying to ask is whether skiff may have been morphed into skift? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156445 03/04/06 11:45 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: skift (American style) n. (also skiff) n. var. of skiff -ron (morphed? I guess.) o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156446 03/05/06 12:06 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Er--sorry if I seemed to mantle you, tsuwm. Maybe I even did, but. I was really just wondering about the meaning. I have never heard skiff used in this way, let alone skift. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skift #156447 03/05/06 03:54 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Aw, jeez, dale. I had that word at the top of my list for the day I would get brave enough to be the Hogmistress...I ran across it in a book a couple of months ago and forgot to jot it down, so I had to reread the book to find it again. It wasn't in my brick and mortar Webster's. I heard about access to the OED free online while the BBC was running a show on it. I picked the wrong day to try and had to wait three days to try again. You owe me an obscure word now, guy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 937 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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